Afghanistan AH 1304 rupee KM-805

Stephen Album sale 37, lot 1567

This specimen was lot 1567 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $142.80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Abdur Rahman, 1880-1901, AR rupee, Kabul, AH1304//AH1304, transitional type struck at the Heaton mint, Birmingham, cleaned, AU." Milled coinage was introduced to Afghanistan during the reign of Abdur Rahman (1880-1901). Rupees were also struck in Kabul, Qiran and Qandahar.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.66 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-805.

Source:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

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